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MH-230 cLOUDDEAD - Ten  Ten finds cLOUDDEAD building on all of the elements that defined their debut: razor sharp vocal interplay, quirky found sound samples, ambient drone dreamscapes, lyrics that walk the line between observational and confessional, and a fair share of nosdam drums slowed to a growl. Doseone and why? never take the cheap way out. Their lyrics may range from blurry and buried to sharp and surfaced, but each and every line has meaning. The music and production are collaborative, featuring Doseone's knack for bottling emotion, why's self-taught multi-instrumentalist efforts, and odd nosdam's flair for borrowed genius. Individually, Doseone, why? and odd nosdam are as prolific and fearless as anyone in today's new music scene, but together as cLOUDDEAD they are able to create music that captures all of the promise of their individual talents in an unequaled sound. |
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| Reviews Summary |
| All must hail - BBC / A brilliant swan song - CMJ / Genuinely Original - Uncut / Catchy and Sublime - Under The Radar / Unquestionably, cLOUDDEAD have arrived - Pitchfork / It's golden. - Magnet / Original and eccentric - Alarm / Its merits are aplenty and deep - Flyer / Strident and sophisticated - Grooves / Uniquely promising and satisfying - Stylus |
| I use the term emcee lightly when referring to cLOUDDEAD's mouthpieces. why?'s delivery is certainly original, especially when trading lines with the more sing-songy whispers of Doseone. Put these two vocal elements against a backdrop of odd nosdam's loopy percussion and bizarre found sounds and you've got some heady magic. The trio of cLOUDDEAD are more inventive on the first track, "Pop Song" than most artists could ever dream to be in their entire careers. In their few short years of existence, they've got listeners inventing new adjectives in an attempt to pin them down. But the fact is you can't put cLOUDDEAD in to any single genre. When listening to Ten, as well as cLOUDDEAD's previous group and solo work, two words pop into mind: psychedelic and original. The only sad note to bookend this amazing album is that it may be the group's last. Even if that is the case, it's a damn fine tombstone. - Monday |
